CLOSED: [2017-04-23 Sun 12:39]
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- State "DONE"       from "NEXT"       [2017-04-23 Sun 12:39]
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Think about following situation:

- Must-have requirements:
  - Maintaining a shopping list with my girlfriend.
  - Easy to use for my girlfriend (who is not a geek).
  - Fast capture process of new todos.
  - The data is synchronized between her Android phone and mine.

- Nice to have requirements:
  - An easy to use web interface or a desktop client which runs on GNU/Linux.
  - Reminders
  - Adding meta-data such as text, images, URLs
  - Some kind of bridge to [[id:tags-emacs][Org-mode]].
  - Encryption and/or privacy

*** Wunderlist

I started a testrun with [[https://www.wunderlist.com/][Wunderlist]] a bit more than a week ago. It is
a cloud-based service with a neat web front-end and a really nice
Android app. Tasks can be shared and synchronized among other
Wunderlist users and different devices running Wunderlist.

There is even [[https://github.com/myuhe/org-wunderlist.el][basic support for synchronizing Emacs Org-mode with
Wunderlist]] where I found an annoying charset/encoding issue I planned
to fix myself.

All my must-have and all my optional requirements are met. Looked like
a promising approach.

A couple of days ago, I read a [[https://www.heise.de/ix/meldung/Zunaechst-als-Preview-Microsofts-To-Do-vom-Wunderlist-Team-3688744.html][German article about Wunderlist]]. The
article informed me that Wunderlist [[https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Microsoft-uebernimmt-Berliner-Startup-6Wunderkinder-2678017.html][was acquired by Microsoft in 2015]].
It also summarized an [[https://blogs.office.com/2017/04/19/introducing-microsoft-to-do-now-available-in-preview/][announcement of Microsoft]] that they are
introducing a new service called «[[https://todo.microsoft.com/][To-Do]]» and that Wunderlist will be
discontinued.

Another cloud-based app which died.

Too bad, that I was investing my time on that one. I should have done
more research beforehand. I should have stick to my paradigm to [[id:tags-cloud][avoid
the cloud]].

Even I do have to painfully learn (again) that a cloud-based,
centralized service is not something you can count on on the long run.
The «long run» this time: a lousy week.

*** Org-Mode Based Approach
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Instead of looking for a different cloud-based alternative such as
«To-Do», I am now evaluating a promising DIY-method which involves
[[http://www.orgzly.com/][Orgzly]] (Android), [[https://syncthing.net/][SyncThing]] and of course [[id:tags-emacs][Emacs/Org-mode]] (desktop).

This approach is totally decentralized and runs on Open Source
software using end-to-end encryption.

All must-have requirements are met except the capture process which
could be slightly simpler. The optional requirements are met with
exception to mobile reminders. The direct integration in Org-mode is a
big plus to me.

I'll blog about my expiriences later on.

Note 2017-04-25: Irreal mentioned [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6164][this blog article on its page]].